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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Tremolo
Dissonance
Octave
Rubato
2. The highest female voice.
Virtuoso
Soprano
Major
Dynamics
3. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Partita
Chant
Encore
EnharmonicInterval
4. The highest female voice.
Pitch
Espressivo
Soprano
Unison
5. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Sonatina
Legato
Refrain
Tablature
6. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Tonic
Time Signature
Flat
Dynamics
7. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Rondo
Homophony
Glee
Tune
8. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Quintet
Galliard
Development
Coda
9. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Falsetto
Symphony
Time Signature
Reprise
10. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Key signature
Ornaments
Duet
Opus
11. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Falsetto
Interpretation
Rhythm
Flat
12. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Capriccio
Da Capo
Recitative
Choir
13. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Renaissance
Trio
Accessible
Adagio
14. A reprise.
Sonatina
Sharp
Recapitulation
Tablature
15. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Consonance
Madrigal
Renaissance
Minor
16. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Tempo
Timbre
Recitative
Verismo
17. The unit of musical rhythm.
Accelerando
String Quartet
Tremolo
Beat
18. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Recapitulation
Recital
Overture
Atonal
19. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ensemble
Soprano
Triad
Recital
20. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Tessitura
Triplet
Serenade
Tutti
21. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Development
Polyphony
Expressionism
Timbre
22. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Key
Classicism
Contralto
Cadenza
23. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Trill
Fugue
Expressionism
24. The movement of chords in succession.
Progression
Neoclassical
Encore
Symphony
25. Sliding between two notes.
Modes
Theme
Clavier
Glissando
26. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Accessible
A cappella
Chant
Triad
27. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Portamento
Concerto
Deceptive cadence
Tone
28. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Operetta
Vibrato
Cavatina
Relative pitch
29. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Tone
Oratorio
Presto
Ensemble
30. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Sonata form
Instrumentation
Suite
Grazioso
31. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Operetta
Intermezzo
Tremolo
Natural
32. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Sequence
Modes
Rigaudon
Minuet
33. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Finale
Measure
Chamber music
Staccato
34. A short light musical drama.
Clavier
A cappella
Tremolo
Operetta
35. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Octet
Etude
Parody
Partita
36. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Baroque
Medley
Quartet
Pentatonic Scale
37. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Grandioso
Adagio
Counterpoint
Phrase
38. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Parody
Capriccio
Slur
Octave
39. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Time Signature
Movement
Baroque
Dynamics
40. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Obbligato
Scale
Romantic
Notation
41. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Energico
Finale
String Quartet
Interpretation
42. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Chant
Septet
Phrase
Chromatic scale
43. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Galliard
Verismo
Chord
Flat
44. The structure of a piece of music.
Conductor
Form
Mezzo
Stretto
45. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Whole-tone scale
Polytonality
Parody
Leitmotif
46. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Introduction
Natural
Pizzicato
Castrato
47. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Encore
Septet
Expressionism
Refrain
48. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Whole note
Orchestra
Baroque
Verismo
49. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Rondo
Finale
Opera
Suite
50. Lowest female singing voice.
Pizzicato
Contralto
Timbre
Cantata
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